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B. R. SUPLEE & G. M. MAIN.

WHIP. V No. 353,607. Patented NOV. 30, 1886.

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NITE STATES PATENT OFFI E.

BENJAMIN R. SUPLEE AND GEORGE M. MAIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,607, dated November 30, 1886.

Application tiled September 22, 1886. Serial No. 214,220.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN R. SUPLEE and GEORGE M. llIAIN, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State ot'Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Device for Attaching the Lashes to the Stocks of \Vhips, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to furnish an improved device for connecting the lashes to the stocks of whips, which will form a perfectly flexible joint, and be capable of a greater movement than the devices ordinarily employed for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure l is an elevation of a whip stock and lash embodying our invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of our device for attaching the lash to the stock; Fig. 3, a central sectional elevation of the body of our device, and Fig. 4 an elevation of the ball.

A is the stock of the whip. B is the lash.

Screwed or otherwise suitably secured to the stock is a hollow ferrule or cylinder, 0, the upper end of which is notched out, and thepoints a formed thereby are bent iuward,so as to loosely inclose a ball, D, which carries an eye, F, to which the lash B is secured.

The purpose of the points a, besides forming a convenient means for retaining the ball (No model.)

D within the cylinder 0, is to form the slots between them, into which the shank between the ball D and eye F may enter, in order that said ball and eye may be more readily moved and have a greater sweep in all directions.

By our arrangement the ball D and eye F can move in all directions-that is, they can have both a movement of rotation upon their axis, and, owing to the slots between the points a, they can move so that their axis will form an angle with the center line of the whipstock; or, in other words, our device is a universal joint.

We are aware that devices consisting of a swivel and ring have been used for connecting the lashes to the stocks of whips; but this joint is not flexible, as the swivel has only one motionthat of rotation about its axis.

We do not claim a swivel or a universal joint, broadly; but

Whatwe do claim is The combination of the cylinder O, the upper end of which is furnished with points a, and slots between said points, said points being turned in, the ball D, and eye F, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth. o

BENJAMIN R. SUPLEE. GEO. M. MAIN.

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